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FCC May Appeal Internet Court Ruling

An online education leader says it’s possible the FCC will appeal â€“ and/or Congress will get involved in â€“ a court decision last week putting the concept of â€śnet neutralityâ€ť on ice.

â€śYou go to a web page,â€ť explains Ray Schroeder, â€śyou should get â€“ currently â€“ the same level of service; that is, if you’re streaming from Netflix, it should come just as fast as if you’re streaming from an educational institution giving you a lecture online.â€ť

Schroeder is associate vice chancellor of online learning at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

Supporters of net neutrality fear that the court ruling, seen as a victory for mobile Internet providers, could restrict poor people’s access to the information superhighway.